Friday, February 22, 2013

Mogi, "Mum made this beret with inspiration from a friend. How she come up the idea?"

Starting my leisure and relaxing life 2013, last week I'd a jaunt to my brother's holiday house in the nearby coastal city.

2013開始我的悠閒日子, 日前在哥哥鄰近城市的渡假屋遊山玩水, 踏單車, 還有做針織...... 實驗我的羊毛帽子創作.....

We went up the hill for the panoramic view.......

Down to the sea for a strolling.....

Cycling in the beautiful field....

A lazy afternoon for knitting.....

I'm far behind doing knitting. Since Melinda taught me last month in the US, I told myself I must make something with mixed medium - wool felt & knitting.

Here it is....

I knitted the simple "round net" enclosed the resist, put the merino wool and silk scraps on the top with spikes in the middle. Round enclosed the rim with merino wool as well. Done the rubbing and felting as usual.

The yarn is not wool though also felted. To secure it I machine sewed it freely.

Finished look with nuno felt surface

Making a whole wool felt beret is faster than knit & felt. Yet I wanted to have a go. Thought this is unique with mixed medium.

Thursday, February 21, 2013

A wool felt iPhone case for a green lady Melinda. The day I stayed in her house she found my wool felt iPhone pouch with a black cat was cute. Her big cat Pogue is also a black cat. She loves the idea with it.

When I back to Hong Kong I made one with the instruction of a PDF tutorial I bought from Reneto. The PDF tutorial is easy for follow, a pouch is made in an hour.

See the huge black cat Pogue !

I love cats, black cat's mysterious look I adore very much. The first midnight I stayed in Melinda's, the black hand scratched and pushed the door entering the room. See his sparkling eyes when I discoved him.

The iPhone case base is made with merino wool, one side of poppies, the other side of black cat. A beaded knot is for easy opening.

Poppies are easier to make compare with other flowers

The Teeswater raw fleece adds textural touch. Melinda said her cat goes out to the neigbour and back home at night. I made this "Cat anticipating a neighbour".

Talking about Reneto's PDF tutorial. Her handbags with wool paintings caught my sight. I tried hard to do it myself but no good. I ordered from Etsy her PDF file and followed, well..... that's the skill I learnt. This little purse though not pretty but I got the way of making the handle and painting.

With the techniques learnt from the file I can make something like this. It's easy just a click I can copy the PDF file to anyone﻿ or resell the file BUT we artisans well aware the code of conduct. That's the copyright, the infringement, the intellectual property we have to respect. All my friends well aware of this, they never asked me to make copies nor I'll do. That's very generous of Reneta. She said I can even sell the stuff made according to the skills of the file purchased. That's very kind of her. I'm not up to scratch of selling yet. Just for a giveaway to dear friends.

Melinda, you're so kind and generous to give me these beautiful wool good for painting. You made me a colourful day !